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A recurrent disease of the oral mucosa of unknown etiology. It is characterized by small white ulcerative lesions, single or multiple, round or oval. Two to eight crops of lesions occur per year, lasting for 7 to 14 days and then heal without scarring. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p742)
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- Aphthae
- Canker Sore
- Stomatitis, Aphthous
- Ulcer, Aphthous
- Aphthous Stomatitides
- Aphthous Ulcer
- Aphthous Ulcers
- Canker Sores
- Sore, Canker
- Sores, Canker
- Stomatitides, Aphthous
- Ulcers, Aphthous
- Periadenitis Mucosa Necrotica Recurrens
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse entry terms ULCER, APHTHOUS or CANKER SORE with "oral ulcers" ( = ORAL ULCER )
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- National Library of Medicine. Aphthous Stomatitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013281. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013281
- Aphthous Stomatitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphthous_stomatitis
- Aphthous Stomatitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189956